Items tagged “contrast-enhanced ultrasound”
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Ultrasound appearances of hepatic metastases
Ultrasound appearance of hepatic metastases can have bewildering variation, and the presence of hepatic steatosis can affect the sonographic appearance of liver lesions.
Radiographic features
Ultrasound
Patterns do exist between ultrasound appearance of the hepatic metastases and the likely p...
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Microbubbles
Microbubbles are intravenous contrast agents used in contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Microbubble contrast agent is different to the agitated saline contrast agent often used in echocardiographic studies.
Microbubbles consist of a gas surrounded by a lipid, lipopolymer, or polymer shell. They rang...
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Prolonged heterogeneous liver enhancement (CEUS)
Prolonged heterogeneous liver enhancement (PHLE), also informally termed as the "disappearing liver" phenomenon, is a very rare, benign complication of ultrasound contrast media, of currently unknown etiology 1. PHLE manifests itself as confluent, rapidly appearing hyperechoic foci in the liver,...
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Levovist
Levovist (Bayer AG) is a first-generation ultrasound contrast agent composed of a microbubble solution filled with a gas that is easily visible on ultrasound scans 1,2.
Levovist is commonly used as an ultrasound contrast agent in imaging the liver. The microbubbles in Levovist contain perflubut...